Special Interest: Emergency Response

WFP Scales up Food Aid Distributions in Crisis-Hit Syria

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its food assistance programs to reach 2.8 million displaced and food-insecure people across all of Syria.

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WFP Reaches Half a Million People in Lebanon With Emergency Aid Amid Escalating Crisis

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered emergency assistance to over half a million people in Lebanon since the escalation of the conflict began.

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Tens of Thousands Fleeing Conflict in Lebanon Face an Uncertain Future in Syria

The conflict in Lebanon has pushed tens of thousands of people across Lebanon’s eastern border into Syria.

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Urgent Humanitarian Response Needed Amidst Escalating Conflict in Lebanon – WFP and UNICEF

The war that the world wanted to avoid in Lebanon is now happening and has already triggered a catastrophe.

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Critical Food Aid Lifelines Into Northern Gaza Severed

The U.N. World Food Programme today warned that escalating violence in northern Gaza is having a disastrous impact on food security for thousands of Palestinian families.

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Fall Update on WFP’s Response to the Global Hunger Crisis

World Food Program USA’s Fall Statement of Impact provides a snapshot of global hunger from May to September 2024 and how the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) responded to hunger crises around the world.

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World Food Program USA Statement on One Year of Emergency Response in Gaza 

As we pass the one-year mark of the United Nations World Food Programme’s emergency response in Gaza and the West Bank, we at World Food Program USA look back at what the past 12 months have meant. We mourn the loss of life across the region and the tragic impact of conflict-driven hunger on the […]

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WFP Launches Emergency Food Operation to Reach 1 Million People Affected by the Conflict in Lebanon

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance for up to 1 million people affected by the recent escalation of the conflict in Lebanon.

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World Food Program USA Statement on Conflict in Lebanon

World Food Program USA is deeply concerned by the escalating conflict in Lebanon. We are closely monitoring the unfolding situation and stand ready to support the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s response.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Supports WFP’s School Meals Program in Haiti

Today, WFP welcomed a contribution of $8 million from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints towards WFP’s homegrown school meals program in Haiti.

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WFP in Gaza: ‘We Need a Long Ceasefire That Leads to Peace so We Can Operate’

Corinne Fleischer, WFP’s regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe, describes Gaza as “a terrible situation getting worse.”

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Remarks as Delivered by WFP Assistant Executive Director Stephen Omollo at the Security Council Session on Sudan

WFP Assistant Executive Director Stephen Omollo addresses the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in Sudan.

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